Lorrie Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I made some soaps this weekend and well. I think that I was hit with soap faries. Damn them!! The first bar looks really great color wise. I haven't done any cleaning up on the bars yet.The second bar. It seems that all the outer bars look like this. Yes, I wrapped my soap with saran wrap covered it so no air would get to it. The edges of the bars seem to be crumbley but the bars are not lye heavey.The recipe was just one I was playing with. 31.5 ounces palm oil15.75 coconut oil15.75 rice bran oil16 ounces of water 8.9 ounce of lye.so what do you ladies think might have happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel91805 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Hmmm....did you get a full gel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrie Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Yes. When I checked it was gelled all the way to the edges. I am almost wondering if maybe my husband or daughter left the top off it after I checked it. Would that cause something like this?Also I wonder why it is so crumbley feeling.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 It looks a bit like partial gel. Did you make sure to get all your ingredients thoroughly stirred in? Did you check for zap? Crumbly can sometimes be an indication of lye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrie Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Did you check for zap? Crumbly can sometimes be an indication of lye.Yup, no zap. Tested it on my tongue last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrie Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Where it is crumbley is also where it is lighter in color. Don't know if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBE Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I've had something sorta like this that happened with one of my batches. It was ash INSIDE my soap. No amount of wiping, or cleaning up got rid of it. No idea how it happens though. But it was still good soap... threw it in the box for family use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 It looks like partial gel, which makes sense that it's only on the outside pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrie Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Here's another ? for you ladies. Is there anyway possible that I got a batch of palm that has a lot of stearic in it? I noticed today that there are what looks like little grains of salt in the palm oil when it is heated. IS it possible that I got the bottom of the barrel and maybe who ever packaged it didn't stir it really well??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natrldsastr Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Definitely looks like partial gel to me, and crumbly can very well be because of the no gel in the corners. Did you insulate? And yes, your palm very well can be stearic heavy at the bottom of the pail. This is very common because they fill the pails while the palm is heated/liquid. As it cools the stearic settles to the bottom. This is thru no ones fault, and you need to be aware of it so you can re-melt and mix. This can happen to palm from all suppliers--good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbren Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Here's another ? for you ladies. Is there anyway possible that I got a batch of palm that has a lot of stearic in it? I noticed today that there are what looks like little grains of salt in the palm oil when it is heated. IS it possible that I got the bottom of the barrel and maybe who ever packaged it didn't stir it really well???Most definitely a possibility! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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